Considers how forgiveness is learned and what developmental features it has in common with other prosocial activities. Maintains that viewing forgiveness within a moral developmental framework does not consider its complex nature nor address related issues such as damage severity, restoring relationships, empathy, or altruism. Explores these areas…

Focuses on one prominent approach to critical thinking, involving the development of philosophical and moral reasoning in young children and rejects arguments that may be advanced against the introduction of such work in schools. Examines a discussion by young children. (DR)

Effective moral education requires children to engage in ethical inquiry. Ethical inquiry requires students to cultivate all aspects of their thinking, including critical, creative, and caring thinking (which includes active, affective, and valuative thinking). Only the discipline of Philosophy for Children, the narrative-and-discussion-based…

Reviews current theories of humor development, discusses the interaction of humor with other developmental areas (including cognitive development, personality development, creativity, and moral development), and suggests ways in which research can be applied in the early childhood classroom. (Author/DST)

Claims that kindergarten curriculum in Taiwan reflects both traditional Chinese values and the cultural changes that have taken place in modern times. Introduces the country's social context and changes in cultural values that have occurred due to multiculturalism. Points out that kindergarten curriculum now emphasizes cognitive development and is…

Notes that concerns regarding moral decline in society have prompted the British Government to focus on nursery school education for all, and that, regardless of grade level, values and citizenship are highlighted issues. Focuses on the ways early-childhood educators provide children with a variety of values. Evaluates a comparative study of…

Examines the Greek National Curriculum for kindergarten within a historical/cultural perspective. Considers social development accompanying formation of the modern Greek state, problems of kindergarten teacher education, and elements of causal significance in production of Greece's National Curriculum. Critically examines aspects of the…

Claims that children's peer relations are significant in their social, cognitive, and moral development, and are correlated to later problems in social adjustment. Includes a brief historical perspective on the subject, and explores direct and indirect influences. Claims that peer relations develop within ecological frameworks, and identifies the…